A man with a mask drags a wheelbarrow among mud and debris in a street of Paiporta, south of Valencia, in eastern Spain.Photo by Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

At least 89 still missing a week after deadly flash-flooding in Spain

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by · National Post

Francisco Murgui went out to try to salvage his motorbike when the water started to rise.

He never came back.

One week after catastrophic flooding devastated eastern Spain, Maria Murgui still holds out hope that her missing father is alive.

“He was like many people in town who went out to get their car or motorbike to safety,” the 27-year-old told The Associated Press. “The flash flood caught him outside, and he had to cling to a tree in order to escape drowning. He called us to tell us he was fine, that we shouldn’t worry.”